Driver's Eye View - Radošina to Zbehy (Slovakia)
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Mothballed branch lines fascinate people, especially ones that haven’t see a train for many years. During the last leg of our journey from Poprad Tatry to Bratislava I managed to bring a GoPro camera back to life with the help of my laptop and an external power pack, enabling me to capture this fascinating “driver’s eye view” as our train made its way gingerly back along the branch line from Radošina to Zbehy. Rusty rails, an occasional hefty whack from a tree branch and people stopping to watch an event many thought had passed into history, a full size passenger train on the long disused branch line, made this a very memorable event. Join me for possibly the last passenger train to Radošina.
Track gauge - 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) - Original video taken on 8th July 2018. Tour organised by RTC.
Map at 00:50 by Peter Pogány - licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.
Very nice train! Beautiful area thank you for sharing this with everyone!
Thank you, I am pleased you enjoyed the ride.
Very nice videos about very abandoned railways.
Thank you.
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it. This is one of my favourite trips, it is unlikely there will ever be an opportunity to do it again, so it is nice to have this record of the old railway.
Very nice cab ride. Thank you for sharing
Thank you, there is something special about riding a train along a rarely used country branch line.
Ha Tim,dat was een hele mooie rit,lekker rustig aan en genieten van het landschap,hij was weer super.hartelijk bedankt weer.greetz:Peerke. tot de volgende video.
Dank u, ik ben blij dat je genoten van de rit en ik hoop dat je geniet van de volgende video. Beste wensen. Tim.
Gracias, thank you. Me ha gustado desde el comienzo. I enjoyed from the beginning.
Hola, me alegra que haya disfrutado de todo el viaje. Hi, I am pleased you enjoyed the entire journey.
Gratidão de todo coração,por está viagem MARAVILHOSA.Um forte e fraternal abraço.
Obrigado, estou contente que você gostou do passeio.
Beautiful trip.
Cheers, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Enjoyed the cab ride..thanks
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
Thank you great video👍👍👍
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed the ride.
wow....great video👍👍👍
Thank you, it was an interesting ride.
wonderfull
Hi Keith, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
good one Tim.
Thank you.
Thanks for that Tim! ‘goggles’ (my name for your loco) really takes you to the backwoods of the Slovak Relublic doesn’t it? Many thanks...I’m now going off to a google Earth to look at the countryside you’ve traversed , in some detail. In other words I’m a real Anorak (modern term ‘Geek’? ). Best wishes, Rob in Bournemouth.
Nice 👍👌
Thank you :-)
One will always miss that sound as the train went pass my home whether it was four o'clock early every morning or otherwise and also one could always tell the time because the train was always on time thanks for the video much appreciated
I understand how you feel, when I was young a steam hauled freight train used to stop at the signal outside my bedroom window at 10 o'clock every night waiting to enter the yards, I could see the driver and fireman in the eerie glow of the fire and as I returned home from school in the afternoon a steam hauled express from the West Country used to speed by on its way to Brighton. The rest of the trains were electric multiple units. Happy days, it never occurred to me everything was about to change. The freight yards have gone, there are 2 or 3 steam hauled specials a year now, along with three or four inter-regional diesel trains every day and the old electric trains have been replaced with smart modern ones. Freight trains have disappeared apart from the occasional engineers train. On the bright side the railway is still in place carrying more passengers than ever, but the romance has gone, how I wish I could slip back in time to take photographs of the old steam trains and see everyone on the platform jump as the safety valves lifted on the big express locomotive as it pulled out of Chichester station.
For a closed branch line it seems to be well looked after compared to the siding running of it. Gr8 coverage again Tim
The main running lines were in generally good condition, although the rust on top indicated trains were few and far between. It did amuse me when the driver crossed the road to check there were actually tracks to run on beneath the grass so that he could park the locomotive without blocking the road.. There was no conventional buffer stop, the track just finished.
@@Timsvideochannel1 In the past, the line continued to a quarry one more kilometer, thats why the tracks end in such a weird way
@@ucho9210 Thank you, it did seem strange that there were no buffer stops.
Schöner Film. Ohne Musik mit allen Geräuschen, ein Genuss.
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Sie die Fahrt genossen haben.
I see the Beetles have been in Slovakia!
They are still there.
Hi tim another great rail journey in beautiful slovakia,How long is this line been closed?I love these little branch lines,Another cold day in oz 15c is the weather still hot in the old country, Kind regards bob.
Hi Bob, another commentator from Slovakia informed me that passenger trains ceased in 2003, I did not see any freight facilities so I guess there are no freight trains either. A search of the internet did turn up this sequence of interesting photographs, the article should automatically translate to English - www.railpage.net/meraci-vlak-gpk-na-trati-142-zbehy-radosina/
It was a comfortable 23c on the South Coast of the old country today, it will warm up a little more over the weekend. Take care. Tim.
Wow honestly I love this video why because it brings back beautiful memories of my childhood days going for every school holidays by train to my uncle's place but the government cut the train running from the top of the far North Island in New Zealand to Auckland which is sad for my children to have that experience what it feels taking a train fare and the scenery one has to capture mmm
Seconded! We live near that all-but-abandoned Northland rail line. It's all rusty now and the barely adequate roads are being constantly ripped up by logging trucks. Government doesn't want efficient railways despite the spin; it wants the direct and indirect taxation arising from hundreds of road behemoths clogging the roads from the far north to the export facility at Marsden Point. It's a bastard of a bloody set-up.
Nice memories to have, I visited the Kawakawa railway and filmed one of the last log trains on the North Auckland Line. New Zealand has become difficult to tour by rail these days as trains no longer serve many tourist destinations such as Whangarei, Rotorua, New Plymouth and Dunedin on South Island. It is hard to arrange rail based holidays to New Zealand, with just the KiwiRail scenic trains, Mainline Steam, Steam incorporated, Dunedin Railways and a few other smaller private operators. Museums are often only open one Sunday a month. I wish a travel agency or the so called green government in New Zealand would put something together and arrange for it to be marketed in Europe by some of the many rail based holiday companies. It is just too difficult to do from the UK. I am forced to tour using a campervan or hire car, an increasingly dangerous option as Chinese drivers in campervans take to the road. Throughout Europe, the value of under used railways is being realised as pollution and congestion on the roads takes its toll on daily living. Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch are all a nightmare to drive in. It is good to see rail making a comeback in Auckland and Wellington, hopefully someone in New Zealand will look to Europe and see that covering the countryside in concrete is not the answer, Switzerland and New Zealand have much in common when it comes to tourism, but the way tourists and freight are transported in both country's couldn't be more different. When money is king the railways and environment suffer. Slovakia has retained its whole rail network almost in tact, not all of it is used regularly, but with the lines kept in place, the option to re-introduce trains still remains.
nice VDO!
Thank you, I'm pleased you enjoyed it.
nice views of farmland etc..not so sure about roads with no barriers or warning lights...in the UK they would have a duck fit with no fencing near the roads and such...
It takes some getting used to, but people treat road crossings with respect, they know the train will always win in the event of a collision.
ID love to see a trip through blea moore tunnel and the lovely yorkshire dales these tunnels were a great engineering work and achievement thanks again for your train journeys indeed .
Hi Leslie, its been around 30 years since I last rode the Seattle Carlisle line. I found this cab ride on the UA-cam, I think you will enjoy it - ua-cam.com/video/vSdUJPL1QJI/v-deo.html
Was this your trusty diesel engine, hope those branches didn't chip to much paint off it, great video, I've enjoyed the whole series...
Hi Leslie, by this stage of the tour our diesel engine was treated with the sort of affection usually reserved for steam locomotive. It didn't loose much paint, but it did gain plenty of foliage including a sizable branch stuck in the horn. We are nearing the end of the last day of this memorable trip around the Slovakian countryside, we will be heading off into the sunset in the next video.
Well Tim, I guess you've reached the end of your Slovakian Odyssey! It was an interesting journey!
Not quite there yet.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Still a couple more videos up your sleeve, ay, Tim? LOL
Nice ride Tim. Anything planned beyond Zbehy?
Yes, the tour finishes at Bratislava.
It's nice to see that at least the land around the line seems to still be under cultivation. I spotted what I presume is a market garden next to the track, probably to supply nearby towns with fresh vegetables.
It would be nice to see those tracks being used again, even if it was just a single-carriage diesel commuter service (which could also be used to deliver goods). It would save a lot of fuel if people would use it.
Hi, another correspondent from Slovakia said passenger services ceased in 2003, there did not appear to be any freight originating along the line, although I did find this interesting article on the internet, it should automatically translate to English - www.railpage.net/meraci-vlak-gpk-na-trati-142-zbehy-radosina/
I've no idea what the future holds for the line, but as long as tracks are in place, reinstating services is at least possible.
Gutes Video. Am besten: kein Gedudel und kein Geklimper
Vielen Dank, ich freue mich, dass Sie die Fahrt genossen haben.
What is field side of the rail way ...?.corns or the rice ?
Hi, the fields were full of corn that looked ready for harvesting, some fields contained sunflowers, I assume they are grown for their oil.
this locomotive seems to have a long stroking slow revving engine, normally locomotive engines are short stroking and high revving to screaming.
ron flynn
I think it designed for pull more lode
So straight root, great planning can handle high speed train.
Veľká škoda že po tej traty už nepremavaju vlaky.
Ahoj, skladby sú stále na mieste teraz. Bývam v Británii, v 60, keď bola uzavretá železničná linka, boli stopy odstránené veľmi rýchlo a pozemok vypredané.
Hi, the tracks are still in place for now. I live in Britain, in the 60's when a railway line was closed, the tracks were removed very quickly and the land sold off.
This lokomotive type have pure engine sound without exhaust silencer. Czech nickname is "Bardotka".
The locomotive sounded powerful, I wonder if Brigitte Bardot know these locomotives were given the nickname "Bardotka" in recognition of her curvaceous profile 😉
Parts of Slovakia lost in time....
That is a very apt description for this beautiful part of the world.
First couple of minutes in, and David Carradine makes a guest appearance! "Grasshopper"! LOL
That grasshopper was cadging a free lift.
@@Timsvideochannel1 Haaa-sooooo, should have demanded show of ticket or charged fare again! LOL
Someone should tell that cricket that riding for free just isn't cricket! ;)
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_Sneaks out while everyone is groaning_
@@melkiorwiseman5234 LOL
@@neilforbes416 It's not as bad as India where people ride on the outside of trains and busses.
A leisurely, scenic journey, with enough insect life in evidence to suggest that the Slovakian farmers and gardeners are not overly heavy on insecticides. But I wouldn't be wanting to ride a motorcycle there for obvious reasons!
There is a lot of wildlife in Slovakia, especially butterflys, it's nice to see all the wild flowers along the line-side too. I remember far off days riding a motorcycle with my shirt undone, a bumble bee hit my chest at around 60 mph, it didn't sting me, although it left a sizable bruise, and swallowing the occasional insect was an unpleasant experience. I think Slovakia would be a wonderful place to ride a motorcycle, great scenery and quiet roads, maybe a full helmet to avoid swallowing flys.
Boa noite
Obrigado.
Szép a magyar Felvidék.
Helló, ez a festői vasút Szlovákiában van, a táj hasonlít Magyarországhoz.
@@Timsvideochannel1 A Felvidék az Magyarország.
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Mai visto una ferrovia così! senza alcuna segnaletica! senza semafori, senza passaggio a livello. gli alberi che intralciano la ferrovia: sbattendogli contro. senza la minima sicurezza. spero che almeno non si paga il biglietto. che orrore!
Questa linea ferroviaria non è stata utilizzata per otto o più anni. È stato concesso un permesso speciale per consentire al nostro treno di correre come parte di un tour che copre molte ferrovie di linea chiuse o poco utilizzate in Slovacchia. E' stato un tour ferroviario molto insolito e interessante. Il biglietto valeva ogni centesimo speso.
Google Translate - This railway line has not been used for eight or more years. Special permission was granted to allow our train to run as part of a tour covering many closed or little used branch line railways in Slovakia. It was a very unusual and interesting rail tour. The ticket was worth every penny.
@@Timsvideochannel1 I'm sorry I didn't know. But your streats are all neat and clean, unlike our in italy, all dirty and all full of holes.
@@ToniMa70 Italy is a beautiful country, its got a unique character, great food, good football teams, fast cars and one or two holes in the road :-)